(LiveHacking.com) – The WordPress team has released WordPress 3.4.1 to fix an important information disclosure vulnerability, in addition to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and privilege escalation vulnerabilities.

According to the WordPress blog, this release also addresses 18 bugs with version 3.4, including:

Fixes an issue where a theme’s page templates were sometimes not detected.

Addresses problems with some category permalink structures.

Better handling for plugins or themes loading JavaScript incorrectly.

Adds early support for uploading images on iOS 6 devices.

Allows for a technique commonly used by plugins to detect a network-wide activation.

Better compatibility with servers running certain versions of PHP (5.2.4, 5.4) or with uncommon setups (safe mode, open_basedir), which had caused warnings or in some cases prevented emails from being sent.

WordPress 3.4.1 can be downloaded from here or you can update from the Dashboard → Updates menu in your site’s admin area.

(LiveHacking.Com) – The WordPress team has released WordPress 3.3.2 to fix 6 security vulnerabilities including two cross-site scripting vulnerabilities and a privilege escalation. The fixed vulnerabilities come in two distinct parts. First, three external libraries included in WordPress received security updates and second, the WordPress core security team have fixed three further vulnerabilities.

The external libraries are all connected with the way WordPress uploads files. Plupload, which WordPress currently uses for uploading media, has been updated to version 1.5.4. Plupload, which gives WordPress the ability to upload files using HTML5 Gears, Silverlight, Flash, BrowserPlus or normal forms, fixed a the way the Flash part of the library worked to avoid CSRF issues.

Two other Flash related libraries were also updated, SWFUpload, which WordPress previously used for uploading media, and may still be in use by plugins and SWFObject, which WordPress previously used to embed Flash content, and may still be in use by plugins and themes.

The other three vulnerabilities, which the WordPress core security team fixed, are:

Limited privilege escalation where a site administrator could deactivate network-wide plugins when running a WordPress network under particular circumstances, disclosed by Jon Cave of our WordPress core security team, and Adam Backstrom.

Cross-site scripting vulnerability when making URLs clickable, by Jon Cave.

Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in redirects after posting comments in older browsers, and when filtering URLs. Thanks to Mauro Gentile for responsibly disclosing these issues to the security team.

WordPress 3.3.2 can be downloaded from here or you can update from the Dashboard → Updates menu in your site’s admin area.